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Like Having All Your Fingers? Skip Backyard Fireworks, Attend A Professional Show
Even seemingly-innocent sparklers burn at 1,200 degrees and can cause third-degree burns.
The Trauma Services Department at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge--the folks who are busy every July Fourth week with burns, blown-off fingers and even worse injuries due to people using do-it-yourself fireworks--would like you to read this .pdf on how to keep yourself in one piece this Independence Day.
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